In 1945 attorney Thurgood Marshall argued that Sylvia Mendez had a legal right to enroll in the whites-only 17 Street Elementary School in Santa Ana, California. Marshall won the case and Governor Earl Warren soon desegregated all California schools. Lat er, in 1954, Marshall argued Brown vs. Board of Education before the United States Supreme Court, with Earl Warren as Chief Justice. People involved in the Mendez case explain how it affected schools and civil rights for Hispanics, Asians and all peopl e in California and throughout the country. DVD includes bonus interview with Justice Robert L. Carter about the case. Filmmaker Sandra Robbie. Closed captioned.